Wednesday,
February 22,
Only 399 Enzo Ferraris Left after Spectacular
The
ANNOTICO Report
400 Enzo
Ferraris were hand built between 2002 and 2004, (One for the Pope ...to raffle
off for charity) that then retailed for
$670,00,
and
today are worth more than $1 million.
On
Tuesday, in Ritzy Malibu California, an Enzo Ferrari, that can exceed 217 mph,
crashed while racing at a mere 120 mph on Pacific Coast Highway, and was split
in half and TOTALED.
But what
makes this More Interesting Three Fold is that everyone immediately assumed
that a Celebrity was involved.
Several
It was
not. The Ferrari is owned by 44-year-old Stefan Eriksson, a Bel-Air
resident, he rumored to be the noted Swedish game designer whose firm,
was involved with car-racing themed video games, and/or who in the past has raced
Ferraris on European tracks.
There were
supposedly two people in the Ferrari, Eriksson and another person identified
only as Deitrich. And amazingly, although
crashing at 120 mph, shearing a telephone pole, and the Ferrari torn in
half, neither person was injured!!!!!!!!!!
Die-hard
Ferrari aficionados who viewed TV news footage of the crash said the Enzo's driver-safety system performed exactly as it was
designed to.
Now the
capper....... Eriksson who had a .9 alcohol blood level, which is legal as a
passenger, but not as a driver, claims that a
person who he could only identify as Deitrich, was
the driver, and after the crash, jumped out of the wreckage and ran into the
canyon above, evading a three-hour search by LA Sheriff's helicopter
and a mountain search-and-rescue team.
Do you
suppose Eriksson "invented' Deitrich, so as not
to be criminally charged??
Besides
the Mysterious "Deitrich", what makes Eriksson's version rather dubious is that Eriksson had a bloody
lip, and only the air bag on the driver's side had blood on it. The
passenger-side air bag did not. . hmmmmm!!!
Tex Otto,
editor of two magazines for Ferrari owners,
"An Enzo Ferrari is not a car. It is a rolling art form."
Chris Banning, a leader of the Ferrari Owners Club, said: "He destroyed
one of the finest cars on Earth, maybe the finest.
It's like taking a Van Gogh painting and burning it"
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So Speedy,
So Exclusive, So Expensive, So Totaled
By Bob
Pool
Times Staff Writer
It was a SigAlert made for
A red Ferrari Enzo — one of only 400 ever made and worth more than $1
million — broke apart Tuesday when it crested a hill on Pacific Coast
Highway going 120 mph and slammed into a power pole.
The driver jumped out of the wreckage and ran into the canyon above, evading a
three-hour search by a Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department helicopter and a
mountain search-and-rescue team.
The crash did not result in serious injuries. But it sent shockwaves through
both the tabloid and exotic car worlds as one group wondered if the driver was
a celebrity and the other mourned the loss of a hand-built car revered by many
as a work of art.
The car was certain to be owned by someone rich, if not famous. Actor Nicolas
Cage owns one. And
! But by day's end the tabloids were disappointed to learn that the demolished
car had been owned by a Swedish millionaire without a Screen Actors Guild card.
Sheriff's investigators identified him as 44-year-old Stefan Eriksson, a Bel-Air resident. Officials are trying to determine whether
he is the noted Swedish game designer whose firm, perhaps not surprisingly, was
involved with car-racing themed video games.
Authorities said Eriksson said he was a passenger in the Ferrari, which he said
was being driven by a German acquaintance he knew only as Dietrich.
One witness told deputies that the Ferrari appeared to be racing with a
Mercedes-Benz SLR northbound along the coastal highway when the accident
occurred about
"It took out the pole, and part of the car went another 600 feet,"
Sheriff's Sgt. Philip Brooks said. "There were 1,200 feet of debris out
there."
Eriksson told authorities that "Dietrich" ran up a hill
! toward the canyon road and disappeared.
Brooks said detectives are far from convinced they have the whole story.
Eriksson "had a .09 blood-alcohol level, but if he's a passenger, that's
OK," Brooks said. "But he had a bloody lip, and only the air bag on
the driver's side had blood on it. The passenger-side air bag did not. My
Scooby-Doo detectives are looking closely into that.
"Maybe the 'driver' had a friend who picked him up. Maybe he thumbed a
ride," the sergeant added. "Maybe he was a ghost."
The crash left Ferrari fans anguished.
"I'm not surprised the driver ran away. He'd have been strangled by the
owner," said Tex Otto, a
"This will have a big impact on the local Ferrari community. This was not
a car. It was a rolling art form."
Ferrari owner Chris Banning, a
"He destroyed one of the finest cars on Earth, maybe the finest.
It's like taking a Van Gogh painting and burning it," said Banning, who is
a leader of the Ferrari Owners Club.
Gil Lucero, a
But a final car was built and donated to Pope John Paul II and later sold to
raise $1,275,000 million for charity, Lucero said.
"It's a shame this one is gone forever. When one of these is lost, it
reverberates through the whole exotic car world," Lucero said.
Ferrari fan Wally Clark, a
"I think the price went up another $100,000 with today's crash," he
said.
The Enzo model "is a very serious car" whose 660-horsepower V-12
engine can accelerate from zero to 65 mph in about four seconds,
"They'll burn rubber in every gear. You need to know what you're doing if
you drive them on the street. You can't be blowing past people at 180 miles per
hour on the freeway. You'll cause chain-reaction crashes behind you. I don't
know who the yahoos were in it. It's a damn good thing they weren't
killed."
Die-hard Ferrari aficionados who viewed TV news footage of the crash said the Enzo's driver-safety system performed exactly as it was
designed to.
"The car has a carbon-fiber tub seating area. The driver's compartment is
made of this very tough, lightweight carbon composite and has tremendous seats
that really hold you in place," said Times ! automobile critic Dan Neil, who drove an Enzo at Ferrari's
plant in
"They're very unforgiving cars. High performance but merciless," Neil
said.
Websites devoted to exotic cars followed crash developments breathlessly
through the day, even posting digital photos and eyewitness accounts sent in by
people who passed by the wreck.
Brooks said that no arrests had been made and that little was known about
Eriksson. Detectives were also trying to determine whether he was the Stefan
Eriksson who in the past has raced Ferraris on European tracks.
The Sheriff's Department impounded the shredded remains of the Ferrari as
evidence. But Brooks said he retrieved one souvenir from the side of the road.
"I have the mirror from the car," he joked. "It's shattered, but
I think it's worth $5,000. I'm going to hang onto it."
Detectives are also trying to find the driver of the Mercedes that they think
was dueling the Enzo...
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